Wi-Fi & Home Networking in San Antonio

Wi-Fi problems are one of the most frustrating things to deal with because they’re usually invisible — your phone says you’re connected, but nothing loads. Half the time it’s not even your equipment; it’s where the router is, or the mesh nodes are in the wrong rooms.

What I get called about

• Dead zones — the back bedroom, the garage, the patio, the upstairs office
• Internet that “works” but feels slow on Zoom calls or streaming
• A mesh kit (Eero, Orbi, Google Nest, TP-Link Deco) that’s still sitting in the box because the app setup got confusing
• Printers that won’t show up on the network anymore
• Smart-home stuff that won’t connect: Ring doorbells, Nest thermostats, security cameras, smart plugs
• Replacing the ISP-provided modem/router combo with something better
• Setting up a guest network so the kids’ friends aren’t on your main one
• Older homes where the cable jack is in the wrong room and the internet has been mediocre for years

San Antonio-specific things

A few things come up over and over in this market:

• Brick and stucco houses kill Wi-Fi. A lot of homes here, especially in older parts of town and in the Hill Country, have walls that block the signal harder than a typical house elsewhere. One router in the living room often isn’t enough.
• Big single-story ranch homes need at least two mesh nodes. Common in Stone Oak, Helotes, and most newer subdivisions. The router-in-the-office setup almost never reaches the master bedroom.
• Three-story or 3,000+ sq ft homes (think Boerne, Fair Oaks Ranch) usually need three nodes and careful placement to actually work.
• AT&T Fiber and Spectrum modems are fine, but the bundled Wi-Fi on them is usually the bottleneck. Putting your own router or mesh in front almost always helps.

How I work

Free diagnosis. I’ll come walk through the house, test signal strength in the rooms that matter, and tell you what would actually fix it — sometimes that’s a $30 router move and sometimes it’s a mesh upgrade. Flat price for the install, no clock running.

While I’m out I can also clean up an infected machine or tune up a slow Mac in the same visit.